Window construction



April 20, 1937. E. PEREMI ET AL 2,077,807

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INVENTORS 1711076! 1 [emu Louis W WM ail rw ATTORNEY I Patented Apr. 20,1937 UNITED STATES WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Edmund Peremi and Louis Toth,Manhasaet, N. Y.

Application October 11, 1933, Serial No. 693,199

11 Claims.

This invention relates to window constructions, an object of theinvention being to provide a windown construction of the hinged sash orcasement type, in which the bars of the frame have at least three-pointcontacts throughout, one of said contacts constituting a weather-stripwhereby the window is rendered weatherproof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a window constructionembodying novel shapes 10 of sash bars and frame bars, all of which willbe more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view in elevation il- 15 lustrating a. doubletype of casement window, which gives a full opening between jamb whenthe sashes are opened;

Figure 2 is an enlarged broken view in vertical section on the line 2-2of Figure 1;

20 Figure 3 is an enlarged broken view in horizontal section on the line3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating a single type ofhinged window;

Figure 5 is an enlarged broken view in horizontal section on the line5-5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 illustrating a modifiedconstruction wherein the sash swings outwardly instead of inwardly, asin Figure 5;

Figures 7 and 8 are fragmentary views in cross section illustratingmodified shapes of sash and frame bars.

Referring more particularly to the construction illustrated in Figures1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, 5 the letter A is employed to indicate theframe generally, and the reference characters B and C represent the twohinged sashes which, when together, close the opening and which, whenswung to open position, leave a free opening as there is no divisionalstrip between the sashes. This particular construction of full openingis only illustrated, as the invention may be utilized with any type ofsash.

The upper frame bar I, the lower frame bar 2, 5 the upper sash bar 3,the lower sash bar 4, and

the meeting sash bars 5 and 3 on the respective windows all comprisewhat may be termed F- bais; that is to say, they are of the generalshape in cross section of the letter F with the meet- 50 ing barsreversely positioned so as to give metal contacts at both edges of thebars and provide a weather-strip contact intermediate the edges of thebars, as will now be explained.

The frame bars I and 2 and the sash bar 3 55 at their intermediateportions where the shorter webs I of the F bars are located arerecessed, forming pockets in which weather-strips 3 are located and areengaged by angular extensions 9 on the shorter intermediate webs ll ofthe F bars with whichthey co-operate, thus giving a weather-strippingcontact intermediate the edges of the bars as well as metal contacts atthe ends of the bars.

The vertical frame bars II are also of general F-shape withweather-strips l2 located between the shorter and the longer flanges l3and I4, respectively, of said bars. The vertical bars it of the sasheswhere they are joined by hinges 15 to the frame bars i I are of a shapedifiering from the other bars. These vertical bars it of the sashes aresomewhat rectangular in form; that is to say, they have webs I! at theirinner ends which engage the bars H, and on these webs H integral webs l3are provided which are substantially parallel to the main portion of thebar and are provided with angular extensions l9 at right angles to websII! which engage the weather strips II.

In the modification illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings, the framebars 23 are of general F-shape supporting between their edgesweatherstrips II which at the hinged side of the sash are engaged by theintermediate web of an F-bar 23 constituting the hinged vertical bar ofthe sash. The other bars 23 of the sash are in the form of angles withintegral webs 25 on the flange of the bar which engage weather-strips 23carried by the bars 20.

On Figure 6 the frame bars 21 at the hinged side of the sash and thesash bar 23 at the hinged side of the sash are both of general F-shapereversely positioned with an integral web 29 on the bar 23 engaging theweather-strip 39 supported intermediate the edges of the bar 21. Theother sash bars 3| of the sash illustrated in Figure 6 are ofapproximately F shape with the intermediate web 32 thereon located at anacute angle and engaging the weather-strip 33 located in the angles ofthe angle bars 3. which constitute the frame bars. This sash illustratedin Figure 6 is adapted to swing outwardly instead of inwardly, as is thesash shown in Figure 5.

Figure '7 illustrates a modification in which a removable section 33 issecured by a tenon 31 and mortise 38 to the frame bar 39, and issocketed to receive a weather-strip l0 engaged by an inclined ordiagonal web ll on the sash bar 42. The webs create a gutter on theframe bar for condensation and the sill member of the frame is REISSUEDour 19 1948 provided with weep of the drawings.

Figure 8 shows an holes a: as shown in Figure 2 arrangement of sash andframe bars 3| and 34 corresponding to the bars indicated at the left ofFigure 6, and the only difference between these figures is that insteadoi the form of weather-strip indicated in the other figures of thedrawings a sheet metal weather strip 43 is provided which is engaged bythe web 32, and an additional short clip H is secured to the bar 3| andalso contacts with the web 32 and pulls sash tight to frame rigidly.This clip is located in the middle of the space between top and bottomhinge.

With all forms of bar illustrated and described. it will be noted thatthere are what may be termed open" reversely positioned there is athree-point contact, two points being of metal and the third pointconstituting a weather-strip intermediate the metallic contact. ofcourse, where the metallic weather-strip is employed there are threemetal contacts, but in any event there will always be two bar to barcontacts and one bar to metal contact.

spirit and scope of the claims.

What we claim is: 1. In a window the combination glass in the sash, saidengaging the face of the glass, and putty keyed in the dove-tailedgrooves, covering and concealing the clips, and engaging the glass.

2. In a window the combination with a sash. glass in the sash,

3. In a casement window, in combination, a frame comprising a sideposition and which moves into engagement with the weather strip in apath nor mal to the weather strip as the sash is moved to closedposition.

4. In a casement window. in combination, a frame comprising a side barhaving inner and outer flanges of unequal lengths to form sash seats andhaving means formed on its inner face said stile having gagingrespectively the inner and outer flanges weather strip recess, a

aovaaor ment being such that both stile lips move into engagement withthe exposed faces of the associated weather strips in directions normalthereto.

8. In a casement window, in combination, a frame, a sash of substantialthickness hingedly mounted on the frame, the hinge axis being disposedadjacent one face of the sash, said frame including a jamb member havingan L shaped portion at the side of the sash remote from the hinge, thebody of the L being substantially co-extensive in length with thethickness of the sash and having its base disposed at the opposite faceof the sash from that at which the hinge is located, a pair ofsuccessive, angularly related webs or flanges upon an intermediateportion of the L body, said webs forming with the L body a weather striphousing and constituting, respectively, a base and a side wall of saidhousing, a weather strip in said housing, said base web extending towardthe sash and parallel to the L base, 'and said side wall web extendingaway from the L base and inclining away from the sash and toward the Lbody, the inclination of the side wall web being such that the edge ofthe sash which seats against the L base is enabled to clear the pocketand the pocket itself is of undercut form in cross section to securelyhold the weather strip, and said sash having a flange or web disposedsubstantially normal to the exposed face of the weather strip andmovable into engagement with said face in a path normal thereto.

9. In a casement window, the combination, with a frame, of an inwardlyswinging sash hingedly mounted thereon, said frame including a sillmember having relatively short and long flanges at the inner and outersides thereof, respectively, to form sash seats, and having successiveflanges formed upon it between said inner and outer flanges to form aninwardly facing housing for a sealing member; a sealing member in saidhousing and exposed only at the open inner side thereof, said sashhaving a flange 45 disposed in the sash plane and terminating in anoutturned lip for engaging the sealing member, and the relatively longoutside flange of the sill member having a weep hole through the basethereof.

ll). In a casement window, in combination, a frame, a sash pivotallymounted therein, said sash and frame being formed on all four sides withcomplementary external recesses to jointly define an enclosed air spacewhen the sash is in closed position, means on all four sides of theframe forming a three sided weather strip receiving channel in anintermediate location between the outer and inner faces of the sash,each channel comprising an outer boundary web extending inward towardthe sash to protect the weather strip from the elements, there being agutter formation completely around the frame between the weather stripchannel and the outer face of the sash and means on the sash edges forhearing against the weather strip to provide a continuous sealed joint,for dividing the space between the frame and the sash into two distinctchambers, the channel at the hinge side being open to expose the weatherstrip to contact with the sash in a plane transverse to the plane of theclosed window, and the channel at the other three sides being open atthe inner side to expose the weather strip to contact with the sash in aplane parallel to the plane of the closed window. 11. In a casementwindow, in combination, a frame and a sash, the frame having a jambmember, and the sash having a stile member, said members being hingedlyconnected and Jointly defining a generally rectangular space when thesash is in closed position, means on the jamb member forming a weatherstrip channel in one corner of said space, a flange on the stile memberextending diagonally across said space for engaging a weather strip insaid channel, and a clip on the jamb member arranged to be engaged andcompressed by the flange as it moves into closed position and tocooperate with the flange in holding the stile to the lamb.

EDMUND PEREMI. LOUIS TOTH.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 2,077,807.

April 20. 1

EDMUND PEREMI, ET AL.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationof the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Page 2,

second column, line 2'7, claim 5, for "plane" read pane; and that thesaid Letters Patent should be rqad with this correction therein that thesame may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of June, A. D. 1937.

(Seal) Henry Van Arsdale Acting Commissioner of Patents.

aovaaor ment being such that both stile lips move into engagement withthe exposed faces of the associated weather strips in directions normalthereto.

8. In a casement window, in combination, a frame, a sash of substantialthickness hingedly mounted on the frame, the hinge axis being disposedadjacent one face of the sash, said frame including a jamb member havingan L shaped portion at the side of the sash remote from the hinge, thebody of the L being substantially co-extensive in length with thethickness of the sash and having its base disposed at the opposite faceof the sash from that at which the hinge is located, a pair ofsuccessive, angularly related webs or flanges upon an intermediateportion of the L body, said webs forming with the L body a weather striphousing and constituting, respectively, a base and a side wall of saidhousing, a weather strip in said housing, said base web extending towardthe sash and parallel to the L base, 'and said side wall web extendingaway from the L base and inclining away from the sash and toward the Lbody, the inclination of the side wall web being such that the edge ofthe sash which seats against the L base is enabled to clear the pocketand the pocket itself is of undercut form in cross section to securelyhold the weather strip, and said sash having a flange or web disposedsubstantially normal to the exposed face of the weather strip andmovable into engagement with said face in a path normal thereto.

9. In a casement window, the combination, with a frame, of an inwardlyswinging sash hingedly mounted thereon, said frame including a sillmember having relatively short and long flanges at the inner and outersides thereof, respectively, to form sash seats, and having successiveflanges formed upon it between said inner and outer flanges to form aninwardly facing housing for a sealing member; a sealing member in saidhousing and exposed only at the open inner side thereof, said sashhaving a flange 45 disposed in the sash plane and terminating in anoutturned lip for engaging the sealing member, and the relatively longoutside flange of the sill member having a weep hole through the basethereof.

ll). In a casement window, in combination, a frame, a sash pivotallymounted therein, said sash and frame being formed on all four sides withcomplementary external recesses to jointly define an enclosed air spacewhen the sash is in closed position, means on all four sides of theframe forming a three sided weather strip receiving channel in anintermediate location between the outer and inner faces of the sash,each channel comprising an outer boundary web extending inward towardthe sash to protect the weather strip from the elements, there being agutter formation completely around the frame between the weather stripchannel and the outer face of the sash and means on the sash edges forhearing against the weather strip to provide a continuous sealed joint,for dividing the space between the frame and the sash into two distinctchambers, the channel at the hinge side being open to expose the weatherstrip to contact with the sash in a plane transverse to the plane of theclosed window, and the channel at the other three sides being open atthe inner side to expose the weather strip to contact with the sash in aplane parallel to the plane of the closed window. 11. In a casementwindow, in combination, a frame and a sash, the frame having a jambmember, and the sash having a stile member, said members being hingedlyconnected and Jointly defining a generally rectangular space when thesash is in closed position, means on the jamb member forming a weatherstrip channel in one corner of said space, a flange on the stile memberextending diagonally across said space for engaging a weather strip insaid channel, and a clip on the jamb member arranged to be engaged andcompressed by the flange as it moves into closed position and tocooperate with the flange in holding the stile to the lamb.

EDMUND PEREMI. LOUIS TOTH.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 2,077,807.

April 20. 1

EDMUND PEREMI, ET AL.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationof the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Page 2,

second column, line 2'7, claim 5, for "plane" read pane; and that thesaid Letters Patent should be rqad with this correction therein that thesame may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 1st day of June, A. D. 1937.

(Seal) Henry Van Arsdale Acting Commissioner of Patents.

